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Nobody can. You also were comparing Garcia with Houck- giving the nod to Houck.

We may even start with Sale in the pen.

Jacko is usually pretty level-headed, but the absurdity of that statement has homer rivalry written all over it. We know the Sox are going to stay near the tax line and we’re shedding some dead weight contract long before 2025, so even if we took a longer time rebuilding the farm, we’d still have been competitive by 2022 or 2023.

I’m rooting for the Rays, too. I do think they will come down to earth, too, but will end up very near the top of the AL in winning %. The Yanks are still the team to beat, unless or until another major injury occurs, and they stand pat at the deadline— again,

The kid has had 2 starts and 8 IP, so no definitive judgments can be made this soon. I think it looks worse because all of the low scoring, this year. He deserves a longer look.

He also had Bobby Valentine thrust on him, so really, he had 3 years and had just reached the point where the farm was about to be a big influence. Yes, I am certain he would have traded some prospects.

The chances no starter gets hurt by the time Sale comes back are rather high. There is even a chance we’ll need Sale and another starter at some point. That being said, if Sale we’re ready, right now, and looking like he can start, I’d put Eovaldi as the top set up man to Barnes. I doubt Cora and Bloom agree. My guess is they’d move Perez to long relief.

I trust Bloom.

Massive potential!

Worcester won 2-0 Franchy with his 2nd dinger since joining the AAA team. (1.378 OPS) Gonsalves went 5 strong innings for the win. (3 H, 3 BB, 9 K) Portland won 5-0 Meneses, G Williams & R Hernandez got 2 hits each. Ole D Reyes went 5 strong (4H, 1BB, 2K) Greenville lost 7-6 Esplin & Brannen had 3 hits Salem lost 2 (4-0 and 8-4)

Speaking of Franchy. He homered tonight (2nd HR). He went 2 for 3 to bring his OPS up to 1,378. When do we call him back up?

2020 Rule 5 Draft: Whitlock- 1.85 ERA in 24.1 IP at ML level (1.027 WHIP) Kaleb Ort- 0.00 ERA at AAA in 10 IP (5 saves & 0.497 WHIP) Tyreque Reed- 1.094 OPS at Greenville Bloom is re-writing the history of Rule 5.

No matter who we take, our ranking should jump a few slots overnight. The way some of our top prospects are playing, we maybe jump more than just a few slots.

Perfect time to trade Groome- maybe with Chavis for a pen arm.

He'll be 29, this winter but has only pitched over 180 innings twice- never over 200. He's got some great numbers, but his health is a major concern.

Here's a look at our top prospects according to soxprospects.com at some key moments in the last 2 decades: Spring 2003 (Theo took over in winter of 2002) 1. Freddie Sanchez 2. Hanley Ramirez 3. Jordge de la Rosa 4. Youkilis 5. Dumatrait 6. Shoppach 7. Lester 8. Spann 9. D Murphey 10. A Martinez 11. J Stevens 12. de Vries 13. C Leon 14. A Mateo 15. C Zink 16. J Gamble 17. A Santos 18. K Gabbard 19. Billy Simon 20 M Delcarmen Fall 2011 (Ben Cherington took over) 1. Middlebrooks 2. Kalish 3. Ranaudo 4. Bogaerts 5. Iglesias 6. Lavarnway 7. Barnes 8. Brentz 9. Jacobs 10. Swihart 11. Coyle 12. Cecchini 13. Weiland 14. Doubront 15. A Wilson 16. D Britton 17. Vitek 18. Head 19. Pimentel 20 O Tejada Summer 2015 (just before Dave Dombrowski became GM) 1.ERod 2. Moncada 3. Devers 4. Margot 5. B Johnson 6. H Owebs 7.Benintendi 8. Kopech 9. J Guerra 10. Marrero 11. Espinoza 12. T Ball 13. Chavis 14. P Light 15. S Travis 16. Travis Shaw 17. Ty Buttrey 18. M Dubon 19. Stankiewicz 20. W Rijo Fall 2019 (Bloom took over) 1. Casas 2. Mata 3. Groome 4. Jimenez 5. Dalbec 6. Duran 7. Houck 8. Song 9. Chatham 10. Ward 11. Zeferjahn 12. A Ramirez 13. M Lugo 14. C Murphy 15. N Decker 16. C Cannon 17. B Bello 18. A Flores 19. C Rafaela 20. M Wilson (Only Chatham was traded away.) May 2021 1. Casas 2. Downs 3. Duran 4. Whitlock 5. Houck 6. Jimenez 7. Seabold 8. Ward 9. A Ramirez 10. Yorke 11. Mata 12. Song 13. Groome 14. Ro Hernandez 15. M Lugo 16. B Bonaci 17. B Jordan 18. C Wong 19. Bazardo 20. J Rosario 21. Potts 22. Arauz 23. Murphy 24. Bello 25. Decker 26. German 27. Winckowski 28. Wallace 29. J Rodriguez 30. D Feltman

The PTBNLs will be named next month, I think.

I noticed, after, I forgot to add the Peraza signing. That was not a good one. A bunch of the pitchers we threw out there last year we not good, but none were expected to be good. Springs is good, now, with the Rays. LOL, of course!

He may not be saying we will keep getting worse and worse before getting better, anymore. That was his mantra.

We are positioned well. Bloom only signed one player to more than 1 year, and that was Hernandez to just 2 years. Richards and Perez have option years, Renfroe has arb years left and we lose a lot of salary, this winter, with only ERod and Barnes tough to replace (or re-sign). Our highest need areas line up with our highest ranked prospects: OF: Duran (Jimenez) 1B: Casas 2B: Downs (Yorke) SP: Whitlock, Houck, Seabold, Ward (Mata & A Ramirez)

A look back at Bloom's major moves: 5 Years of Verdugo, Jeter Downs (#2 prospect) & Connor Wong($18) for Betts, Price and cash 4+ Years of Nick Pivetta and Connor Seabold (#7 prospect) for Workman, Hembree and cash Signed Garrett Richards (#4)- 1 year plus team option Re-signed Martin Perez- 1 year plus team option Signed Kike Hernandez- 2 years Signed Hunter Renfroe- 1 year contract (2 arb years left) Garrett Whitlock Rule 5 ('20) from Yankees Christian Arroyo off waivers from CLE (3 more arb years) Phillips Valdez off waivers from SEA Signed Hirokazu Sawamura- 2 years plus team option Adam Ottavino & Frank German (#26) for cash Josh Winckowski (#27), Franchy Cordero and 3 PTBNL for Benintendi & cash Signed Marwin Gonzalez- 1 year Jonathan Arauz Rule 5 ('19) Signed Matt Andriese- 1 year plus team option Signed Danny Santana (minor league w Major League or opt out) Signed Kevin Plawecki (one more arb year) Rolando Hernandez (#14) for Springs & Mazza Jeisson Rosario (#20) & Hudson Potts (#21) for M Moreland Jacob Wallace (#29) for Kevin Pillar Brandon Brennan off Waivers from SEA Christian Koss (#41) for Yoan Aybar Zach Bryant for Josh Osich PTBNL for CJ Chatham Tyreque Reed & Kaleb Ort Minor League Rule 5 Draft: #10 Nick Yorke #17 Blaze Jordan #32 Shane Drohan IFA #35 Miguel Bleis

The buck stops with Boone and Cashman. Firing coaches is just for show.

Rays by Age in 2021: OPS 26-30 .718 (1294) 31-35 .755 (262) 35+ n/a (1) ERA 25-30 3.47 (267) 31-35 3.68 (81) 36+ 3.63 (52) Some bright news... SOX OPS 26-30 .716 (1109) 31-35 .803 (379) 36+ n/a (0) ERA 26-30 4.33 (199) 31-35 3.72 (203) 36+ n/a

Hopefully, Bloom will get us to a point like the Rays are at, now. We’ve started building the farm up, and hopefully this draft and IFA cycle will give us a big boost. I think we’ll see our first major free agent additions, this winter, so maybe by next June, we can look at our total system- top to bottom- and smile.

Rays are 15-1 in their last 16!